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Plastic Carpet. At the Chicago Furniture Show, E. T. Barwick Mills displayed the first tufted plastic carpeting. Made of Saran, a Dow Chemical synthetic, the carpet is almost completely resistant to ink and other stains, can be washed to remove dirt, and is more resistant to wear than wool rugs. Cost...
...salt deposits. In Decatur, Ala., Monsanto Chemical and American Viscose began building $133 million plants for Chemstrand, their jointly owned subsidiary, to manufacture Acrilan. All the synthetics -notably the new fibers like Dacron, Orion, Dynel, etc.-were growing so fast that Australian sheepherders worried that they would lose their wool market, as the Japanese had lost their market for silk...
They awoke to a clear, bitter-cold Wednesday. Ike put on his old battle jacket-with no rank insigne, but still sporting the flaming-sword shoulder patch of SHAPE -and wool Army trousers, then added a fur-lined Army field parka and a pile hat. First, he flew off in a little L19 Cessna for a look at the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing (where he asked about the capabilities of MIGs), then on to a briefing at the 1st Marine Division's command post, six miles from the front and well within ground-shaking distance of Marine artillery...
...prelate who has to outfit himself from scratch. Specifically, the Pope has ordered : 1) that the fantail on both purple and red cassocks be eliminated, 2) that purple robes, which are used in time of mourning and during Lent and Advent, be made of wool instead of silk (the scarlet formal dress will continue to be made of silk), 3) that the six-yard train on the cappa magna, the long ceremonial cape which cardinals wear, be shortened to three yards...
...Practitioner (London), "are expensive, difficult to wash, and are water-repellent, so that when we move with any energy at all we sweat and stay wet and itchy and smelly for the rest of the day." His remedy: "dishcloth underclothes," knitted of cotton yarn. Just as warm as wool, he says, easier to wash, softer-and cheaper...